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Feminist Mothers

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  • © 1990

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Authors:
  1. Tuula Gordon
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Part of the book series: Women in Society (WOSO)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction

    • Tuula Gordon
    Pages 1-6

  3. Structures, cultures and personal lives

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    Pages 7-20

  4. Processes and outcomes: socialisation into femininity

    • Tuula Gordon
    Pages 21-35

  5. Feminism: differences and alternatives

    • Tuula Gordon
    Pages 36-48

  6. Motherhood and subjective experience

    • Tuula Gordon
    Pages 49-64

  7. Work — yes, careers — no

    • Tuula Gordon
    Pages 65-78

  8. Children and partners

    • Tuula Gordon
    Pages 79-104

  9. Pleasures and gains: contradictions and difficulties

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    Pages 105-124

  10. What is a feminist mother?

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    Pages 125-150

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 151-169
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About the author

TUULA GORDON is Professor in Women's Studies and Social Sciences in the Department of Women's Studies, University of Tampere. She obtained her sociology degree at London School of Economics and her doctorate at the University of London. She has also taught at the University of Helsinki. She is the author of Single Women: On the Margin, Feminist Mothers and Democracy in One School? Progressive Education and Restructuring, and co-editor of Unresolved Dilemmas: Women, Work and the Family in the United States, Europe and the Former Soviet Union.

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